The Hot List is a curated lineup of the most in-demand newcomers in the business. These are the guys who conquered the runways, snagged spots in the very best campaigns and lookbooks and made editorial waves in top tier magazines - all within a season or two. Consider this the scoreboard for fashion rookies and foreshadowing for the Top 50. These young lads are the future, the next generation, the first round draft picks of the modeling industry. Before you can make it to the big leagues of the Top 50, you prove your stuff here.

A former banker, this Canadian has come a long way in just a year, starting from a Prada exclusive last summer and a Fall 2014 show season where he was nearly ubiquitous, walking for most of the top shows. His first campaigns this Fall, for Y-3 by Cedric Buchet and Ports 1961 by Craig McDean, demonstrate the versatility of his sharp features.

Long a runway favorite of brands like Prada, Jil Sander, Y-3, and Robert Geller, this Brazilian appeared in Mikael Jansson’s sun-bleached campaign for Armani Exchange earlier this year. Steady editorial and show work since then prove his soft features are still very much in demand.

This sultry Frenchman has already been photographed by Mario Testino, Bruce Weber, and Milan Vukmirovic, and now can be seen locking lips with Aline Weber in Tom Ford’s new beauty campaign, a far cry from his former career as an engineer.

It’s not much of a shock that modeling should come easily to this gentle-faced Brit, a fashion-design student at Central Saint Martins. A common sight on the runways since walking for Lanvin and Dries Van Noten in his first season back in January 2012, he has popped up in major editorials for i-D,10 Men, and Arena Homme+ since then, as well as David Sims’ vibrant campaign for Jil Sander this past Spring.

Loyalty can be a rare sight in fashion, so when a brand as major as Burberry keeps rebooking, others take notice. Scouted at a music festival, this young Londoner has lent his classically British features to back-to-back campaigns for the historic house, and a third runway appearance in a row this past June proves the relationship is still going strong.

This edgy Brit has been a runway star since getting his start about a
year ago, and appeared in Neil Barrett’s campaign last fall and now
stars alongside his brother Haydn in Tim Walker’s Spring 2015 Lanvin campaign. His great run of shows show his appeal to a broad base of top designers.

This young Dutchman landed the opening and closing spots at Versace’s show this past January, and Fall finds him fronting the house’s latest campaign, shot by Mert and Marcus. With his brooding good looks, it’s not hard to understand what Donatella sees in the lifelong swimmer.

Long a favorite of Europe’s big brands like Prada, Louis Vuitton, Jil Sander, Dior Homme, and Valentino, this French industrial design student made the leap to America in a big way this year, showing up on all the top New York runways and in Details. His first campaign, for Iceberg this Fall, marks another big step forward.

The feline Belgian broke out walking for the Prada show in January of this year. Select appearances on other top runways and in the Mert and Marcus lensed Ferragamo campaign mark an excellent start to the fall 2014 season.

This born and bred New Yorker was models.com's Model of the Week back in 2012 but has really come into his own the past year with back to back appearances in the Glen Luchford lensed Costume National campaigns.

Long a runway and editorial favorite, this charming young Brit makes the leap to campaigns in a big way this season, with roles in Cerruti and Armani Exchange work. The English-lit major, who made our Top Newcomers list a year ago for Spring 2014 on the strength of the one-two punch of his exclusives for Prada and Kenzo, has been on a streak ever since, no surprise given his cheeky appeal. This Spring's Cerruti campaign lands him on our Hot List.

With his soft hair and pensive face, it’s not hard to understand what drew both i-D and Dazed & Confused to this quiet young man straight out of the gate last year. A Vogue Hommes International shoot with Willy Vanderperre last spring led to an appearance in the photographer’s Fall 2014 “Notes of a Day” campaign for Dior Homme. An excellent run of shows in January show that designers love his unique beauty.

This South African makes his mark this season with two major campaigns, Dior Homme by Karl Lagerfeld and Ferragamo by Mert and Marcus. His classic good looks have made him a runway favorite all year, as he’s walked for everyone from Carven, Acne, and Givenchy to Louis Vuitton, Fendi, and Gucci, so this former Top Newcomer’s new prominence should come as no surprise.

The young Australian is a classic example of slow and steady wins the race. Long a runway favorite by designers, his recent print work with Calvin Klein and Louis Vuitton prove he's just as compelling in print as well as on the catwalk.

With looks reminiscent of a young River Phoenix meets Leonardo DiCaprio, the charismatic Aussie Jordan Barrett has already worked with Bruce Weber, Steven Klein, Inez & Vinoodh and Mert & Marcus for some of the most coveted fashion bibles. A hefty Instagram following, a compelling intensity and some major work (both editorial and commercial) about to drop, well, you've guessed it, Jordan is inevitable and red hot right now.

A runway favorite over the past year, this Brit was named as one of our Top Newcomers after the men's shows this January thanks to a stellar season and a turn down the Burberry runway. He makes his campaign mark in the latest ads for the ck One Red fragrance.

Miuccia’s always known exactly what she wants, so while it’s not exactly a shock that she tapped Kolbitz for the Fall 2014 Prada campaign over a decade—yes, that’s right, a decade—after he first appeared in the Fall 2003 Miu Miu ad, it is nonetheless an impressive feat of longevity. A Zara lookbook and a twenty-page story by Liz Collins in the latest issue of Fantastic Man only affirm his comeback status, while his starring role in art photographer Wolfgang Tillmans’ “Central Nervous System” project underlines the unpredictable twists of an unconventional career.

This fresh-faced German has been making the catwalk rounds since the Fall 2012 season, and has a powerful and devoted fan in Gucci, which has booked him for every runway since his start and tapped him for their eyewear campaign two years ago before bringing him back again for their main ads by Mert and Marcus this season.

We’ve been longtime supporters of this fine-featured Romanian, picking him as a Model of the Week last November and one of our Future Faces this summer thanks to a Spring 2015 show season that found him everywhere from Topman, Fendi, and Hermès to Louis Vuitton, Carven, and Raf Simons, with a Tom Ford lookbook to boot. A Jil Sander lookbook followed soon after, and he makes his advertising bow with Gucci’s latest Cruise campaign.

This young Dane already had David Sims’ sleek Spring 2013 campaign for Jil Sander under his belt, but teaming up with the iconic photographer again for Bottega Veneta for this Fall proves he is not one to be forgotten. Repeat turns for other big-name brands like Prada and Tom Ford in between demonstrate the desirability of his elegant look.

Prada’s opener last summer, this young Spaniard with the standout afro has been a runway and editorial favorite ever since, lensed by Sharif Hamza for the latest cover of 10 Men and by Josh Olins for the newest Balenciaga campaign.

Long a social-media sensation even before being scouted—just ask his fifty-five-thousand Twitter followers—this well-mannered Brit was named one of our Future Faces this summer after booking a Prada exclusive for his first outing in Milan, which he followed up by opening and closing Louis Vuitton and appearing at Dior Homme, Y-3, and Dries Van Noten. Key editorials in GQ Style, 10 Men, and Another Man, Dior Homme Spring 2015 lookbook and S/S 15 campaign for LV lands him on our Hot List.

This innocent-looking young Brit has popped up in a slew of major runways and magazines since his Burberry Prorsum exclusive this January, walking for everyone from Valentino and Dior Homme to Billy Reid and Ermenegildo Zegna. He graduates to the big leagues with two campaigns for Fall 2014, starring in Alasdair McLellan’s edgy Topman shots and opposite Guinevere Van Seenus in Pierpaolo Ferrari’s avant-garde Kenzo dreamscape.

Shot by none other than Bruce Weber for a VMAN feature back in 2012, this muscular German is a DSquared favorite, shot by Steven Klein for the Wild fragrance campaign last fall and now starring in Mert & Marcus’ vibrant Spring ads.

This Frenchman’s classic Gallic looks have been a hit with the luxury clients since his début at Berluti last fall, with Prada and Dries Van Noten taking advantage of his elegant appeal as well. Gucci cast him for back-to-back shows this year, and he pops up in the house’s gentle-hued Fall campaign by Mert and Marcus as well.